Empathy, Emotional Expressiveness, and Prosocial Behavior

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 449-470

  Roberts, William ^a   Strayer, Janet ^b  

^a Cariboo College

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0030539536     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01745.x     Document Type: Article

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